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Auction: 9020 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 2973

Uganda 1895 (Nov.) Narrow Letters in Violet, Narrow Stamps The ribbon was changed to violet, producing stamps with violet letters and numerals. No 60(c.) value was printed; however, a 100(c.) value was now printed 5(c.) to 100(c.) set of nine values contained in a vertical strip of nine rejoined, perhaps when typed, between the 5(c.) and the sheet quantity of each value which is entered in manuscript, the 25(c.) tête-bêche with the 5(c.); some creasing and minor thins, nevertheless a lovely and remarkable piece. S.G. 35-43. Photo Estimate £ 15,000-20,000 provenance: Roy Dunstan, September 1985

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